Meanwhile, Felicia kept running toward the strategic area she had already prepared.
"Finally made it," Felicia said.
But just a few seconds after she spoke, the White Bear had already appeared behind her and leaped high into the air, aiming his punch straight at Felicia.
But Felicia, seeing that, actually smiled because right in front of her was a hole—so all she had to do was dodge.
BRUK! The White Bear fell right into the trap hole.
Felicia laughed and felt like her first trap worked pretty well.
"Haha, my body might be small, but my brain is big, you know," she said.
But then the White Bear's hand appeared, climbing up without showing any sign of pain at all.
"Tch… you think a hole like this can kill or hurt me? This is nothing more than my daily meal," the White Bear said while brushing off his clothes.
Felicia bit her lip, knowing this White Bear wouldn't be easy to deal with.
She slapped her cheeks. "Focus, Cia… come on, let's trap that stupid bear until he gives up."
Felicia ran while pulling out something she had been gripping in her hand. The White Bear noticed and immediately chased after her.
"Don't just run, damn it… you think attacking me with traps alone can stop me? Such a dumb fox way of thinking, haha!" the White Bear laughed.
Felicia didn't get provoked and immediately threw something from her hand into the area ahead of her without the White Bear noticing, since her body blocked his view.
"Shouldn't you realize that a brain that can only get angry is even dumber?" Felicia said as she turned around with a smile.
The White Bear stopped. He knew if Felicia stopped, it meant she had set up a trap—but he didn't care and instead smiled.
"Trap's ready? Alright, time to smash that arrogant face of yours," the White Bear dashed forward and jumped again, not afraid of whatever trap Felicia had prepared.
As usual, Felicia dodged again. The White Bear thought he would fall into a hole like before, but there was nothing—he landed normally.
"Huh? Where's your trap? Or were you just pretending to set one up when there's actually nothing?" the White Bear said with a mocking expression.
But Felicia smiled. What she had thrown earlier were small bombs that released a strong smell the White Bear hated. The bombs burst from the pressure when he landed there.
The smell started piercing into the White Bear's nose.
"Keughh… this smell!? Damn it, this smell again!!" The White Bear covered his nose, but it was useless since the scent had already rushed in quickly, messing up his nose and throat.
Felicia crouched in front of the White Bear, who couldn't handle the smell. Her confidence showed—and that was exactly what put her in danger.
The White Bear's eyes turned red, and he suddenly dashed forward, punching Felicia in the face. She was shocked and didn't have time to dodge, getting thrown quite far away.
But instead of being scared, Felicia laughed, sat back up, and stared at the White Bear who had stood up again.
"In the end, I'll be the one who wins… just watch," Felicia said confidently.
The White Bear gritted his teeth, his face clearly annoyed, and slowly walked toward Felicia.
Felicia looked at him and just stayed there without moving.
When the White Bear got close to Felicia, he suddenly realized something—but it was too late. His reflexes weren't fast enough, and he lost to a bear trap that suddenly snapped up and locked onto his leg.
Silence…
"Keughh… FUCKKKKKK!!!" The White Bear screamed, his leg seemingly crushed, growling in pain.
Felicia stood up. "You can't go anywhere anymore…"
Felicia took out her weapon and let out a breath, preparing to end the White Bear's life.
But the White Bear stayed still and took something out of his pocket—yeah, it was the same capsule the Snow Leopard had eaten.
Without thinking twice, the White Bear swallowed the capsule and immediately roared like a beast. The pain vanished from his body.
Felicia stopped her attack. She stepped back in panic because she had seen that capsule before.
"A capsule… y-you're kidding, right..?" Felicia tried to run.
The White Bear pulled the bear trap off his leg, and even though one leg was limping, he didn't care and still ran toward Felicia like a starving bear.
At that moment, Felicia slipped—but she quickly got back up. However, the White Bear was already right behind her, ready to strike. Felicia turned around, crossing both arms to block, but the White Bear's punch felt like a rock—her arms instantly felt like they broke.
"Ugh!! Damn it!!" Felicia was sent flying and slammed into a tree.
The White Bear walked forward while dragging his injured leg, then grabbed Felicia by the neck.
"You… should have… killed me back then…" the White Bear said, preparing to punch her again.
Felicia smiled. "Kill you? Then our positions would just be reversed, you stupid Winnie…"
The White Bear got furious and immediately punched Felicia in the stomach until she coughed up blood and lost consciousness.
"Better off dead, idiot," the White Bear said as he walked away with a blank expression.
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Flashback.
In Ventervirk, the predator faction was hunting there, and they found two girls they considered talented—Felicia and Winnie.
One of the predator faction members hit the one who found them. "Are you crazy? We're only allowed to take one, otherwise we'll break the rules."
The member who found them got annoyed. "Ah, but they've got good fighting spirit… in that case, let's just make them fight to the death. What do you think? We take the winner."
All the predator faction members agreed. Then Felicia and Winnie were forced to fight. They couldn't resist, and in the end, they fought each other… here, Felicia won overwhelmingly, and she was told to kill Winnie.
But Felicia clearly refused and did something reckless by attacking the predator faction members. But they were obviously much stronger, and Felicia ended up badly beaten.
Even though she couldn't do anything, Felicia stubbornly refused to join the predator faction. But one of the members took out something—a capsule—and forced Felicia to eat it.
Felicia refused, and suddenly Winnie woke up and ate the capsule instead. She instantly turned savage and managed to kill one of the predator faction members quickly.
Felicia was shocked and scared of Winnie, but Winnie just stayed calm and said she would be the one to join the predator faction.
The predator faction members didn't care that their comrade died and agreed with Winnie. After that, they left Felicia behind, stunned—the fate she rejected ended up being taken by Winnie instead.
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Back to the White Bear, who was trying to cover the wound on his leg. He leaned against a tree, his head hurting.
"In the end… I'm the one who killed you."
To be continued...